While
clothing and shoes are typically the top sellers, many shoppers said this
morning that they're taking advantage of deals on school supplies, stocking up
on notebooks, pencils, binders and more.

At the
Walmart Supercenter on Montclair Road, several people perused the school
supplies aisles on Sunday morning.

Latonya
Leonard visited the store on her lunch break to find bargains for her five
children, ages 6 to 16, who attend Pelham schools. Though the school system
provides supplies for a flat fee, Leonard still needs to purchase a few
necessities, along with clothes.

The savings
during the sales tax holiday are extremely helpful for Leonard, as a single
mother.

"Because I
have a large family, it's important to save money by comparing prices with
different stores," she said.

Evelyn
Waller, who works as a teacher, a nurse and a minister, has three grandsons who
will begin the school year soon. She and the boys' aunt take care of buying
school supplies.

"We wait
especially for (the sales tax holiday," she said. "The prices are really
reasonable."

Waller said
many of her fellow teachers at The Guiding Light Church's academy purchase
supplies for their classes during the sales tax holiday.